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SCLS Reference Committee Agenda

Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 9:30 a.m.

SCLS Administration

1. Assign notes-taker (alphabetically) & timekeeper (2 minutes)

2. Changes to agenda (2 minutes)
   
   

3. Minutes of March meeting (5 minutes)
   
   

4. News and Updates (30  minutes)
   
   

   1. Results of Database Survey  (5 minutes)

   2. EBSCOhost Visual Search (5 minutes)

   3. EBSCOhost "redesign" ("2.0")—July 2008 (5 minutes)

   4. NetLibrary patron driven acquisition technology titles (2007 LSTA funds)—money has been spent (2 minutes)

   5. Gale Virtual Reference Library (2 minutes)

   6. LearningExpress Library promotional PowerPoint (2 minutes)

   7. Gale webinars (2 minutes)

   8. Auto repair trials—July (2 minutes)

   9. BrainFuse / Tutor.com—"Innovative Use of Technology" LSTA category? (5 minutes)
      
      

5. New procedures, guidelines, etc. for adding databases. (please review prior to the meeting) (30 minutes)
   

   1. Process  (10 minutes)
   2. Survey  (5 minutes)
   3. Procedures, guidelines (Word)  (15 minutes)
      
      

6. How to indicate that some databases are not available system-wide (beginning in 2009).  (Review databases by name and by subject, as they are now.)  (20 minutes)
   
   

7. Discussion topic:  Children's Reference service  (15 minutes)
   
   

Next meeting:  September 16, 2008.

For more information about the Reference Committee, contact Cheryl Becker.

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